Pencil holder



March 17, 1931. T. RUSTAD 1,797,103

PENC I L HOLDER Filed Jan. 20. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 17107 fiusiaa",

INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

T. RusTAD PENC IL HOLDER Filed Jan. 20, 1950 March 17, 1931.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Tkarfizasiad,

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1 7, 1931 1 uirs srrss Parent easier.

THOR nusTAn or nnsnmn, MINNESOTA PENCIL HOLDER, 7

' Application filed January 20, 1330. Serial No. 422,201.

This invention relates to a pencil holder, member and its other end adapted to be conthe general object of the invention being to nected'with the member by a hook 3 on the provide means whereby, the holder is atmember and a clip 4 on the strap and an tached to the wrist of the user so that the elongated memberfi, formed of a strip of '5 pencil, when not in use, is supported at the metal bent upon itself to form a closed loop, 5o

wrist, with means whereby the pencil can is attached at its center to the center member be moved to a position to be gripped by the 1, this member'5 forming a guideway for a fingers of the hand to which the holder is atsliding plate 6, which is formed with bent tached, and sprin means for instantly movtongues 7 to'engage the guideway. A yokeing the pencil baa: to its first position when shaped member 8, formed of wire, has one of 69 the pencil is released by the fingers. 7 its ends hingedly connected with the forward Thus the pencil is always at hand and can end of the plate G'b'y' having said end passing not be mislaid or lost, and the invention acts thr ugh an eye. 9 formed on the plate. A as a time saver and serves as a guide in holdspring 10 is placed on the tongue 11 formed ing the pencil in correct position, especially on the plate 6 by a slot therein, as sh t 65 when being used by a beginner. 12, andone of the spring ends is attached to This invention also consists in Certem a part of the member 8, as shown at'13. This other features of construction and in the com- Spring t d t h ld th member 8 f ld d bination and arrangement of the several i t th l t (3 as Shown i Fi 2,

29 parts, to be hereinafter'fully described, lllusd 3 b t' ittj th member 8 t b trated in the accompany l g d g and swung over the hand of the user, as shown in p P y P0111ted out 111 the appended Figure 1. Atubular pencil holder 14 is movclillmsably connected with the free end of the mem- In descrlbms the lmentlon 1n dQtall: 3 ber 8 by an elastic band 15 on the holder hav- W111 be d to the accompanying ing parts 16at its sides receiving portions of a drawings whereln like characters denote like 4511B limbs of the member 85 as Shown in g or corresponding parts throughout the sevfires-1 and 2 The band 15 acts to hold the e l glj ia 111 F k l= U H 7 1 pencil against the plate, as shown in Figure i i o lgure 1S a Vlew S Owlnc 2. The pencil -21 ht-s loosely in the holder, 111 US6- but a split sleeve 16 frictlonally grips the o Figure 2 is a side view showing the parts in position when the pencil is not in use.

Figure 3 is a top plan View. Figure 4 is a section on line &4 of Flgure 3.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view through the pencil holder.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig pencilin the sleeve and is connected with the holder by a coil spring 17.

The spring 17 permits longitudinal movement in the holder and tends to hold the major portion of the pencil in the holder. Thus the pencil can be partly pulled from 'the holder to properly place the pencil between the fingers, as shown in Figure 1, but

ure 5. w 1 7 40 Figure 7 is a view of the slide supporting 5 i the g d i by 15118 to plate t e spring wnl pull it back so tiat 1t wn L. 1 Figure 8 1s a view of the guideway 101 the not P 1 too far we homelslidin plate and the semi-circular wrist enin fll i Shawn 1n Flgufe b b v the holder-14 1S iormed Wlcll a slot 18 at one gaglng ar.

Fi 9 i a i h i a difi ti side thereof and the split sleeve 16 is of conof the pencil holder. slcerable length and passes mto the holder.

In these views, the numeral 1 indicates a sprmg 9 Connects the sleeve w th the semi-circular Wrist, engaging neynber and 2 llQlClQl and PGl'lnltS the sleeve and the PGnOll indicates an adjustable elastic strap having to be-partly w thdrawn Irom the holder, and

one end connected with the semi-circular said spring will return the sleeve to normal {so position when the pencil is released by the fingers.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device being strapped to the wrist of the user and the pencil passed through the holder and the sleeve, the spring 13 and band 15 will normally hold the parts with the pencil at the wrist of the user, as shown in Figure 2.

Thus when it is desired to use the pencil, the left hand of the user grasps the holder and swings the parts into posit-ion where the thumb and fingers of the hand to which the device is attached can grip the pencil, as shown in Figure 1. The sliding plate permits the parts to be adjusted so that the pencil can be properly positioned when in use and as soon as the fingers are released from the pencil, the parts will return to normal position, as shown in Figure 2.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting member, means for attaching the same to the wrist of the user, a member hinged to the supporting member, a spring for normally holding said member against the supporting member, and a pencil holder pivoted to the free end of the hinged member.

2. A device of the class described comprising a supporting member, a wrist band for connecting said member with the wrist of the user, a plate slidably placed on the sup porting member, a yoke-shaped member hinged to the plate, yieldable means for normally holding the yoke-shaped member against the plate and the supporting member, a pencil holder and yieldable means for connecting the holder to the free end of the yoke-shaped member and for normally holding the holder folded against the yoke member.

3. A device of the class described comprising a supporting member forming a guideway, a semi-circular member connected with the supporting member, a wrist band for fastening the semi-circular member to the wrist of the user, a plate slidably supported by the supporting member and a yoke-shaped member hinged to the plate, yieldable means attached to the plate and having one end connected with the yoke-shaped member for normally holding said member against the plate, a pencil holder, and yieldable means for connecting the holder to the free end of the yokeshaped member.

4. A device of the class described comprising a supporting member, a wrist band for THOR RUSTAD. 

